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Dance faculty member Curt Holman to present BYU devotional address July 30

Curt Holman, an associate professor and the associate chair in the Department of Dance at Brigham Young University, will give an address titled “Raising your Ebenezer – A Monument to Remember” at the campus devotional Tuesday, July 30, at 11:05 a.m. in the de Jong Concert Hall.

The devotional will be broadcast live on the BYU Broadcasting channels and online at byutv.org. Rebroadcast information can be found through byutv.org/schedule. Archived devotionals are available at speeches.byu.edu.

Summer term devotionals will also be broadcast on campus in F-201 Harris Fine Arts Center, the Joseph Smith Building Auditorium and the Varsity Theater in the Wilkinson Student Center.

Holman graduated from Brigham Young University with a bachelor’s degree in communications and a master’s degree in dance. He met his wife, Sharon, when they were both dancing as students on the BYU Ballroom Dance Company.

After graduation, Holman and his wife competed on the professional ballroom dance competition circuit. A highlight of their career was an invitation to dance at the prestigious British Championship in Blackpool, England, as well as to the world cabaret championships in Holland. As a faculty member in the ballroom dance area, Holman works with the performing teams of the ballroom dance company and has recently presented his creative works at top national and world venues.

For more information, contact Curt Holman, (801) 422-5875, curt_holman@byu.edu.

Writer: Hwa Lee

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Photo by Bella Torgerson/BYU Photo

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